Jeremiah 5:28 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁸ They have become fat  and sleek. They have also excelled in evil matters. They have not taken up cases, such as the case of the fatherless, so they might prosper, and they have not defended the rights of the needy.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ They have grown fat and sleek. Yes, they surpass in deeds of wickedness; they do not judge and plead with justice the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

Common English Bible

²⁸ and have grown fat and sleek! To be sure, their evil deeds exceed all limits, and yet they prosper. They are indifferent to the plight of the orphan, reluctant to defend the rights of the poor.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ They have grown stout and fat. And they have transgressed my words most wickedly. They have not judged the case of the widow; they have not given guidance to the case of the orphan; and they have not judged a judgment for the poor.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ They are grown gross and fat: and have most wickedly transgressed my words. They have not judged the cause of the widow, they have not managed the cause of the fatherless, they have not judged the judgement of the poor.

Jeremiah 5:28 Tagairtí Cros

Job 12:6

The tents of robbers are safe, and those who trouble God are secure; God holds them in his hands.  ,

Proverbs 15:25

The Lord tears apart the house of the proud, but he protects the widow’s territory.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love graft and chase after bribes. They do not defend the rights of the fatherless, and the widow’s case never comes before them.

Jeremiah 12:1

You will be righteous, Lord, even if I bring a case against you. Yet I wish to contend with you: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the treacherous live at ease?

Jeremiah 2:33

How skilfully you pursue love; you also teach evil women your ways.

Jeremiah 22:3

This is what the Lord says: Administer justice and righteousness.  Rescue the victim of robbery from his oppressor.  Don’t exploit or brutalise the resident foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.  Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 7:6

if you no longer oppress the resident foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow,  and no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods, bringing harm on yourselves,

Amos 4:1

Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who are on the hill of Samaria, women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to their husbands, ‘Bring us something to drink.’

Zechariah 7:10

Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the resident foreigner or the poor,  and do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.”

1 Corinthians 5:1

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality  among you, and the kind of sexual immorality that is not even tolerated  among the Gentiles   #– #a man is sleeping with his father’s wife.

Deuteronomy 32:15

Then  Jeshurun  , became fat and rebelled – you became fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.